| African indigenous land rights in a private ownership paradigm WJ Du Plessis Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad …, 2011 | 74 | 2011 |
| Customary law v common law marriages: A hybrid approach in South Africa M Herbst, W Du Plessis J. Comp. L. 3, 105, 2008 | 44 | 2008 |
| Energy efficiency and the law: A multidisciplinary approach W Du Plessis South African Journal of Science 111 (1-2), 01-08, 2015 | 39 | 2015 |
| The balancing of interests in environmental law in Africa W Du Plessis PULP, 2011 | 35 | 2011 |
| Corporate social responsibility, legislative reforms and mining in South Africa H Kloppers, W du Plessis Journal of Energy & Natural Resources Law 26 (1), 91-119, 2008 | 33 | 2008 |
| Reaction kinetics of the microwave enhanced digestion of zircon with ammonium acid fluoride JT Nel, W Du Plessis, TN Nhlabathi, CJ Pretorius, AA Jansen, PL Crouse Journal of Fluorine Chemistry 132 (4), 258-262, 2011 | 32 | 2011 |
| An evaluation of NEMA based on a generic framework for environmental framework legislation W Nel, Johan & du Plessis South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 8 (1), 1-36, 2001 | 28 | 2001 |
| Legal mechanisms for cooperative governance in South Africa: successes and failures W Du Plessis SA Publiekreg= SA Public Law 23 (1), 87-110, 2008 | 26 | 2008 |
| Effect of the value of x in NH4Fˇ xHF on the digestion of plasma-dissociated zircon W Du Plessis, AD Pienaar, CJ Postma, PL Crouse International Journal of Mineral Processing 147, 43-47, 2016 | 18 | 2016 |
| The search for environmental justice P Martin, SZ Bigdeli, T Daya-Winterbottom, W Du Plessis, A Kennedy The Search for Environmental Justice, 1-20, 2015 | 18 | 2015 |
| African customary marriages in South Africa and the intricacies of a mixed legal system: judicial (in) novatio or confusio? C Rautenbach, W Du Plessis McGill Law Journal 57 (4), 749-780, 2012 | 18 | 2012 |
| Silberberg and Schoeman's the Law of Property DG Kleyn, A Boraine, W Du Plessis, H Silberberg, J Schoeman Butterworths, 1991 | 18 | 1991 |
| The more things change, the more they stay the same: The story of communal land tenure in South Africa W Du Plessis, J Pienaar Fundamina: A Journal of Legal History 16 (1), 73-114, 2010 | 15 | 2010 |
| House of Traditional Leaders: Role, problems and future W Du Plessis, T Scheepers Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal/Potchefstroomse Elektroniese Regsblad 3 (1), 2000 | 15 | 2000 |
| Soil. E Verster, W Du Plessis, BHA Schloms, RF Fuggle | 15 | 1992 |
| Biodiversity and climate change: Linkages at international, national and local levels F Maes, A Cliquet, W Du Plessis, H McLeod-Kilmurray Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| Driving compliance to and enforcement of South African legislation by means of a hybrid of ‘new’environmental governance instruments W du Plessis, J Nel Compliance and Enforcement in Environmental Law, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Striking the sustainability balance in South Africa W Du Plessis, A du Plessis The balancing of interests in environmental law in Africa, 413, 2011 | 14 | 2011 |
| Unpacking integrated environmental management-a step closer to effective co-operative governance?: journal J Nel, W Du Plessis SA Publiekreg= SA Public Law 19 (1), 181-190, 2004 | 14 | 2004 |
| The impact of environmental legislation on mining in South Africa W Mabiletsa, Mmagadi & du Plessis South African Journal of Environmental Law and Policy 8 (2), 185-213, 2001 | 13* | 2001 |
